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As German society was sliding toward the Nazis in the 1930s, its popular cabarets mixed decadent entertainment with controversial political themes, a combination mirrored in the musical “Cabaret” which opens Thursday [FEB. 16] at East Central University.

The Tony Award-winning production will begin at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday [FEB.18] in the Ataloa Theatre in the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Theatre. Because of suggestive musical numbers and risqué acts, “Cabaret” may not be appropriate for those under age 15.

A former East Central University professor will be the speaker for the annual Parker Ethics Lecture Wednesday [FEB. 15] at ECU.

Dr. Thom Balmer, a former assistant professor of human resources at ECU, will discuss vulnerability and decision-making issues for elderly clients and customers in business environments. His presentation will begin at 2 p.m. in the Estep Multimedia Center in the Bill Cole University Center and is free and open to the public.

Franc D'Ambrosio, a multi-talented singer and actor best known for his impressive portrayal of the Phantom in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “The Phantom of The Opera,” will perform Feb. 28 at East Central University.

He will guide the audience through the different sections of his show, “Franc D'Ambrosio’s Broadway – Songs from the Great White Way,” a celebration of the music that has established Broadway as an American art form.

An Evening of Celebration Banquet, Comedy Show and Dance will be held Feb. 17 [FRIDAY] at East Central University as part of Black Heritage Month.

The banquet will honor the trailblazing ECU students who were the first African American athletes to play on ECU teams.

The African American Heritage Committee Inc. and the ECU Office of Campus Life and Leadership are co-sponsors and will begin the evening at 7 p.m. with an exhibit celebrating the contributions of the trailblazer athletes.

Members of the Sunrise Rotary Club of Ada display their $1,200 donation in support of the Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library for children of Pontotoc County. Through the efforts of local groups such as Sunrise Rotary, Smart Start South Central is able to continue the valuable literacy program that sends an age-appropriate book each month to children up to 5 years old. Presenting the donation are Sunrise Rotary board members Nancy Thomason (front row, from left) Harrel Harbin, Cathy Battles, Suzanne McFarlane, Cindy Byrd, Mary Pfeffer, Jack Womble and (back row) Ann Barton, Dwight O

The deadline has been extended for another week for the 10-day trip to Paris and Limoges, France, in East Central University’s Study Abroad Program.

Dr. Mara Sukholutskaya and Ben Johnson, faculty members in the Department of English and Languages will lead the trip from March 17 [SATURDAY] to March 26 [MONDAY]. The ECU group will be hosted by the University of Limoges.

Participants will experience French culture and history along with immersion in the French language and can earn six hours of academic credit in French culture or language.

Dr. Terry Cluck and Dr. Charles Biles, professors of biology at East Central University, were among 52 active researcher-educators who judged student presentations in microbiology recently at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) in St. Louis, Mo.

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